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Gelis prepares for their meeting with care. She is not like Katelina, who wore her unplucked brows as a sign of pride (of her slovenly nature, Gelis had told her during their last quarrel, and now could never repent). Her face, her hair in its careful symmetry, the shape of her body beneath her clothes – these are weapons, to be used for attack or defence as the situation requires. Her first meeting with Nicholas van der Poele in six years requires all of her arsenal.

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Gorgeous, perfectly voiced story that unpicks the complicated brain of Gelis van Borselen and her fraught relationships with her family and, of course, with one Nicholas de Fleury. Everything I wanted in my prompt and a story I'm going to read over and over again.

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Kate Percy married a man who talks too much. And that's just one of the challenges involved in being Lady Hotspur. This story follows Kate and Hotspur's relationship, as Kate tries to figure out her place in the world. Includes Kate/Percy/Hal threesome (though not too explicit).

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Oh, my God. I have no words for this fic other than PERFECT. Kate Percy's voice is absolutely spot-on, the proposal scene between her and Percy is hilariously wonderful, and I turn into an incoherent mess when I try to explain how BRILLIANT Hal is. Just read it. I can't do it justice.

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Jack Cade's wife narrates how an unlikely soldier joined the rebels' party. "I did not think it sensible to turn to one young Richard son of Plantagenet and say, 'Excuse me, what the bleeding fuck are you doing here and have you brought guns to kill us all?'"

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This fic has a fantastic narrative voice, told from the point of view of an original character, and illustrates the disturbing scenario of Richard of Gloucester joining the rebels led by Jack Cade in 2 Henry VI. Cade's charisma and Richard's sociopathic tendencies are chillingly rendered in a voice that also manages to be incredibly funny.

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Long, delicious, plotty piece about Sam's history with Rick. Gorgeously written, pitch-perfect voices, and the same combination of poignancy and humour that made me love the film in the first place. Just magnificent.

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She wanted to hold on to her child as fiercely as Captain Butler wanted to hold on to Bonnie. But one of the very first things parents had to learn from the moment a child was conceived—was when to let go.

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A short look at Belle's life after the film ends, trying to come to terms with the massive changes to the world of the castle, not to mention the Beast himself. Lots of lovely, clever lines, and a briliant ending.

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Both incredibly sexy (it is Richard and his minions, after all) and very clever, this piece negotiates a king's physical reality with the divinity suggested by his surroundings. Also, beautifully written and featuring Suggestive Flautists.

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A gorgeous piece drawing on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and giving a vivid glimpse of life in the Orkney court. Wonderful characterisation of Gawain and Gareth in particular, but really good secondary depictions of Morgause, Mordred, and Agravaine.